Modern Arabian Night of a Pirate Ring
Dawson Haig pursues a dangerous conspiracy tied to Yuan Hee See in Yemen and Mecca. In a perilous web, Haig confronts a drug and slave trafficking ring while Eileen awakens in a strange Yemen house aided by Celeste. Amid intrigue, Haig faces a planned four o’clock sail and a tense power struggle in Aswami Pasha’s circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aswami Pasha
Cherie
Eileen
Celeste
Ileén
Yu'an Bee See
Wasp
Franz
Len Chow
Jo Lung
Ali
Doctor Gestler
Uncle Tom
Big Brown
Suleiman Bey
Paris
Dawson Haig
Doctor Oestler
Dawson Baig
Beth
Red Sea
Yu'an Hee See
Asia
Singapore
Joseph
Mohammed
Port Said
Yuan
Pbicd
Polodos
Limehouse
Wallaroo
Scotland Yard
Sydney
Baig
Haig
Yu An Hee See
Opening chapter recap of a London to Australia gold voyage
Matt Kearney sails with £2,000,000 in gold to Australia while Inspector Haig and Eileen confront a web of opium suspicion and international thieves. Kearney and Norwich pursue clues in Jo Lung's warehouse until Norwich is murdered. Haig, aboard the Wallaroo in disguise, decodes radio messages and faces Yuan's gang. Eileen is kidnapped in Port Said amid a chaotic chase toward Renes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Kearney
London
Eileen
Australia
Inspector Dawson Haig
Scotland
Jo Lung
Kearney
Norwich
Turan Hee See
Haig
Hale
Port Said
Joseph
Yuan
Aswam Pasha
Wallaroo
Renes
Garden Watchdog and Hidden Spies in Dygland
In a tense scene Haig and a new rival meet in a setting where the Kid assigns orders through a ruthless lieutenant. The arrangement enforces garden patrols, warns of dangers to “you-nicks” and parrots, and hints at undercover surveillance. Celeste and Hileen sense they are watched as scroll-work vents conceal spy holes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen
Port Said
Mohammed
Dawson Haig
Wifteen
Mam'selle
Cherie
Celeste
Mlanr'selle
Port
Cairo
Aswami Pasha
Kid Brown
Battle
Brown
Madles
MacTies
Asswami
Mae
Mr. King
Joseph
Wid Brown
Maclies
Dygland
Haig
Weill
Lileen
Hileen
Cracking of Oil and Its Early History
The tale credits a refinery worker with a day dream that led to cracking when steam overheated. It notes the first successful cracking process was patented by Doctor Barton of Standard Oil around 1912 and explains cracking as heating heavier oil fractions under high pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Barton
Standard Oil
Silence Five Years for Church Organs, Says London Answers
A London Answers piece argues church organs should be silenced for five years amid debates over plainsong versus organ music. The article recalls Scots Presbyterians calling organs kists o' whisties and quips about Gregorian chant versus modern congregational singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
David
Saul
London
Dr Pierce Pellets Promote Liver Bowels Stomach
A vintage health note touts Dr Pierce s Pellets as best for liver bowels and stomach. It claims one tile Pellet equals a Istative three for two cathartic Ady, presenting a simple remedy claim in period advertising.
Columbia California Near Miss as State Capital Bid
Columbia California, a mining town nicknamed the ghost city, came within one vote of being named California’s capital. The state recently revealed plans to lease the town for historical site use at one dollar per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Calif
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yu’an Hee See
Hatz
Julian Hess
Hassan es-Suk
Lth
Gaig
Yemen
Gileen
Arabia
Uute
Mecca
By Lax Rohmer
Xu An Hee See
Chapter
Daniel Haig
Bir Ambar
Keneh
Kosek
Doctor Hess
Trang
Gail
Bakshish
Aswami
Brisbane
James Malcolm Maclies
Hee See
Haic
Criminal Investigation Department
Uafe
Mr. Smith
Mate
Joseph Rasta
Lo the Kid
E Kid Brown
Focal
Coleman Tac Company
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Dean
Doan
Gale
St. BeConk
Perker’s
HsirRalsam Mskestris
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
FRM
Giorin Po
Coach. S
Arteratt Stixtos
Mam
St Paci
Mim
WNUK
SAG
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